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    	<div id="per_address">5245 Vallery Court, San Diego, CA  92130</div>
        <div id="phone">858.775.8778</div>
        <div id="email">nevelson@san.rr.com</div>
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    <div id="summary">Twenty years of experience in technology and business development in the cable industry. Broad experience and expertise in digital TV system architecture, set-tops, video compression, program guides, cryptography, conditional access and DRM, specifications and standards. Extensive practical experience and knowledge of business development including strategic planning, contract negotiations, licensing, competitive analysis, patent analysis, business proposals and presentations.
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    	<div id="company1" title="San Diego, CA">
        	<div id="position11">Consultant</div>
            <div id="exp_time11">2008 – Present</div>
            <div id="experience11">Clients: Verimatrix, Microsoft, Logiways, Huawei, Time Warner Cable
I've been providing consulting services and expert advise on various technical and business issues facing cable industry vendors and MSOs. Subjects included conditional access, downloadable CA, DRM, PKI, transition to MPEG-4, set-top requirements, home gateway architecture and networking, set-top and cable modem certifications, organization of a cable business unit, MSO relationships, cable business strategy, entry into the market, technical planning, patents review, joint developments with third parties, and negotiations of licensing agreements.
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        <div id="company2" title="PolyCipher, Denver, CO">
        	<div id="position21">Director, Hardware Development</div>
            <div id="exp_time21">2007 - 2008</div>
            <div id="experience21">Development of the Downloadable Conditional Access System (DCAS) for the cable industry.

Technical Management: Developed end-to-end set-top and TV vendor initiation, development, integration, and qualification plan. Provided technical management and guidance to PolyCipher, CableLabs, operators and vendors. Worked with Project Managers providing technical input to project decisions. Wrote, contributed to, edited and maintained detailed DCAS specifications. Evaluated new technologies and proposed alternative DCAS implementations.

Business Development:  Provided technical guidance to PolyCipher legal and business teams in negotiating licensing and business agreements with partners and vendors. Performed competitive business analysis of different technical alternatives against market requirements. Took part in negotiating licensing agreements and other legal documents.
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        <div id="company3" title="Digital Keystone, Los Altos, CA">
        	<div id="position31">Director, Product Development</div>
            <div id="exp_time31">2005 - 2007</div>
            <div id="experience31">Managed development of family of products for cable and satellite industries to allow Media Center PCs to function like set-top boxes. Managed all activities related to the development, testing, certification and production of an OCUR (OpenCable Unidirectional Receiver). Spent extensive time working at CableLabs as a Visiting Engineer responsible for OCUR certification. Activities included documentation, presentations, scheduling, analysis and resolution of features/time issues and overall project coordination with customers, vendors and partners.</div>
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        <div id="company4" title="San Diego, CA">
        	<div id="position41">Consultant</div>
            <div id="exp_time41">2004 – 2007</div>
            <div id="experience41">Clients: Time Warner Cable, Pioneer and Solectron.
Consulting on various technical and business issues including set-top design, multi-room DVRs, conditional access and DRM, negotiating agreements for use of VoIP services, negotiating agreements for set-top application developer support, acquisitions, evaluation of new technologies.
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        <div id="company5" title="Pioneer Digital Technologies, San Diego, CA">
        	<div id="position51">Director, Strategic Development</div>
            <div id="exp_time51">2002 - 2004</div>
            <div id="experience51">Program manager for Cox Communications with responsibilities for all technical and business relationship and communications with Cox, including set-top box sales and planning, deployment and maintenance of software and hardware. Other responsibilities included licensing of CA technology, program manager for MediaCipher™ compatible set-tops and deployment of Passport™ program guides</div>
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        <div id="company6" title="Nagravision, San Diego, CA">
        	<div id="position61">Vice President, New Business Development</div>
            <div id="exp_time61">2000 - 2002</div>
            <div id="experience61">Produced a detailed analysis and system architecture for deployment of Nagravision CA system in the US cable market. Managed development of a new set-top box. Responsible for the group's budget, licensing agreements, financial projections, business negotiations and preparation of agreements and contracts. Participated in development of JV strategy to start a new company.</div>
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        <div id="company7" title="Pioneer Digital Technologies, San Diego, CA">
        	<div id="position71">Director, Strategic Development</div>
            <div id="exp_time71">1998 - 2000</div>
            <div id="experience71">Assisted senior management with various business and technical activities, including strategic goals, negotiations, research into new technologies, writing specifications and presentations, and participating in standards development.
Major accomplishments:
Designed the architecture and managed the development of a headend interface between CA components and data providers for  MediaOne cable company.
Managed porting of Passport™ EPG to Motorola set-tops.
Managed deployment of Passport™ EPG for National delivery (HITS).
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        <div id="company8" title="Titan Broadband Communications, San Diego, CA">
        	<div id="position81">Manager, Systems Engineering</div>
            <div id="exp_time81">1996 - 1998</div>
            <div id="experience81">Defined architecture of a new CA system. Wrote specifications, performed patent analysis, participated in standards conferences, performed IP valuation of the company's assets leading to the sale of the company.</div>
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        <div id="company9" title="General Instrument (formerly Compression Labs "CLI"), San Jose, CA">
        	<div id="position91">Engineering Manager, New Business Development</div>
            <div id="exp_time91">1990 - 1996</div>
            <div id="experience91">Lead software architect of MPEG-2/DVB decoders. Responsible for all CA activity in the company. Contributed to the development of MPEG-2 and DVB standards, concentrating on CA technology. Wrote specifications for implementing various CA systems on different hardware platforms. </div>
            <div id="position92">Project Manager</div>
            <div id="exp_time92">1990 - 1996</div>
            <div id="experience92">Managed a cross-functional team of software, hardware, mechanical, test, and manufacturing engineers through a complete product development cycle of professional decoders for DirecTV. </div>
            <div id="position93">Senior Software Engineer</div>
            <div id="exp_time93">1990 - 1996</div>
            <div id="experience93">Designed and wrote control software for the Magnitude encoding system for DirecTV.
Designed and developed CA and control software for SpectrumSaver - the first motion-compensated compressed digital video system. Involved in all aspects of system development from inception through production. 
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        	<div id="degree1">MS</div>
            <div id="major1">Electrical Engineering</div>
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            <div id="university1">Northwestern University, Chicago, IL</div>
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        	<div id="degree2">BS</div>
            <div id="major2">Electrical Engineering</div>
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            <div id="university2">University of Maryland, College Park, MD</div>
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